Why is everyone so far behind Apple in the smartwatch market?

It’s no longer a big secret that iPhones aren’t doing as well as they used to from both a volume and profit standpoint, but after so many years of relying primarily on this segment to drive overall business growth, Apple has managed to adapt incredibly quickly to a stagnating mobile industry, focusing more than ever on the increasingly lucrative Services and Wearables divisions.

The latter, which lumps together Apple Watch and AirPods sales, just reported over $5.5 billion in revenue for the April – June 2019 timeframe, up an astounding 48 percent from an already impressive …